It didn’t take long for Tony Veitch to become biggest topic of online conversation in New Zealand on Tuesday. The Kiwi sports commentator had come under fire for a picture he had posted to do with the All Blacks v France match. Veitch, who pleaded guilty in 2009 to one charge of injuring his partner with […]
Parents can learn about monitoring their Chilean’s use of technology at an Internet safety presentation scheduled for 5-6 p.m. Oct. 22 at Flex Academy, 100 W. 66th St., Richfield. Jill Mecklenburg, crime prevention specialist for Richfield Police, will tell parents how they can help kids demonstrate responsibility online and prevent cyberbullying. All community members are […]
As part of one of the most famous families in the world, Kylie Jenner has received more than her fair share of criticism. But the 18-year-old has revealed that sometimes she finds it hard to cope – and that she suffers from anxiety as a result of the abuse she gets online. Taking to Instagram […]
New Zealand makes cyberbullying a crime. New Zealand has passed a law that criminalizes one of the least desirable facets of the internet: cyberbullying. The legislation effectively prohibits sending messages to people that are racist, sexist, critical of their religion, sexuality or disability. The rest for determining harm will be if these communications were designed to […]
WASHINGTON — Eleven-year-old Logan Fairbanks has scored himself a White House invite invitation to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue by standing up to his Internet bullies in a very public way. The video above was posted this week on his father’s YouTube account, the boy from Hartford, Michigan, reads a series of cruel comments that people have made about […]
This season’s The Bachelorette has been called “the sexiest”, as Kaitlyn Bristowe has reported spending intimate time with a few men before this normally occurs on the show. This has led to a lot of people cyberbullying her, and this will be addressed on the show. Considering that the 2015 season finale will have a release […]
KUSA – A family has rallied for legislation after one of the daughters tried to take her own life due to cyberbullying. Now, that crusade will hopefully prevent more cyberbullies and bring those who torment others to justice. Kaitlyn Arellano, 14, is excited to start high school in the fall. She’s even more excited that […]
A Glen Rock police detective charged with sending sexually explicit text messages to two teenage girls he was supervising as the borough’s juvenile officer, and exchanging nude photos with one of them, on Monday moved a step closer to being released on bail with an electronic ankle bracelet. During a hearing in Hackensack, Superior Court […]
This morning NBC’s Today show picked up on the story of Katie Fehlinger, a CBS Philadelphia meteorologist, pregnant with twins, who has been cyber-bullied by viewers. One viewer went so far as to say that Fehlinger sticking her pregnant abdomen out during her forecasts was “disgusting.” So Fehlinger penned an open letter fighting back against […]
